EXCLUSIVE FEATURES
Mini Gabi World: Interview with Gabi Almeida
Medway artist Gabi Almeida tells the story of how her music career was cut short, only for a new world of creativity to flourish
THE CLEANER: Lily Zee Hughes' project on artists and their second jobs
Lily Zee Hughes creates The Cleaner project based on research from artists with second jobs
INNER SPACE: Rochester's Galax-eye discovers a world within
"...in a way, they come from a world of their own, contained in a living sphere - the eye."
Dark Arts: Faversham Illustrator Benedict Abbit fuses manga and horror
Benedict Abbit on his illustrations that toe the line of shock and awe
THE SCENIC ROUTE: Kent painter's botanical works lead to Hollywood
Maidstone artist Lauren Elizabeth’s art leads to scenery projects with international film sets
Intent on Intense: Faversham photographer Celia Croft
Photographer Celia Croft has trained her lens on female bodybuilders, local wrestlers and even carnival queens
Ripple Effect: Poetry in the everyday with Brain Pebble Poet
Herne Bay’s Brain Pebble Poet aims to stop you in your tracks…
Who Lives Here?: Interview with Kent illustrator Bex Glendining
Ramsgate illustrator and colourist Bex Glendining on drawing clutter, slice-of-life inspiration and emailing Marvel
The Secret Salon: Pop-up art exhibitions to help emerging talent
Sevenoaks artist Andree Adley launches pop-up art exhibition to help emerging talent
Laid Bear: An Interview with LUAP & The Pink Bear
Former Canterbury art student turned international Pink Bear-clad thrill-seeker, LUAP talks Mongolian horses, Italian lightning and storytelling
Lust for Live: Kent rock photos from Maidstone's Matt Stridgen
Gig photographer Matt Stridgen on shooting bands and the lust for live
Once Upon A Time in Medway - Photograph zine from Dan Gardner
Photographer Dan Gardner releases new zine Once Upon a Time in Medway
WANNA BE ADORED? Ramsgate Artist Carson Parkin-Fairley on Icons
Artist Carson Parkin-Fairley uses her career-spanning enthusiasm for worship and adoration to realise a community project in creating ‘Icons of Ramsgate’
HOME IS WHERE THE ART IS - THE MARGATE SCHOOL
With its future finally secured, The Margate School aims to put creativity at the heart of the community
JUST JAE: Q&A with Ramsgate artist JAE
From live-drawing MAC make-up customers to owls and hand-painting plant pots
LIGHT & DARK - Stefania Kossakowska
Inspired by Polish folklore and finding beauty in the shadows, Canterbury photographer Stefania Kossakowska reflects on her shoot style
HOME AGAIN - The Lido Stores, Margate
An emotional connection and the desire to discover new artists are central to the triumphant return of The Lido Stores, writes Joe Bill
Column: Zahra Barri speaks to Rochester’s Lynne Parker about funny women
Medway comedian and columnist Zahra Barri chats to Rochester’s Lynne Parker about the power of humour and Jackie Weaver’s authority
THE PECKING ORDER - JACK HIRONS
Margate artist Jack Hirons on the cultural enormity of chicken
NO TOILET HUMOUR - Three Kent shows head to Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Gender-neutral loos, forced funerals and Dracula in space - Marijke Hall discovers three Kent shows heading to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year